Improvement in stirrups



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OYRUS W. SALADEE, OF PUTNAM, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN STIRRUPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 46,7 l l, dated March7, 1865.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GYRUs W. SALADEE, ofPutnam, Muskingum county, and State of O iio, have invented anew andimproved mode of fastening the top end of guards to stirrups forriding-saddles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full andexact description thereof, reference being had to the acc )mpanyingdrawing and the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of this invention consists in the peculiar fastening of thetop end of the guard to a cross-bar secured iu the top of the stirrup.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe its construction and application.

O is a cross-bar, made of iron or other suitable material, and passedthrough the stirrup immediately under the stirrup-strap E and there madesecure, by riveting or otherwise, on each side of thc stirrup A, asshown at F F. To this cross bar C the top end of the guard B is rigidlyfastened. This fastening may be effected in either of the followingways--vizz First, a hole or slot can be made through the center of thecross-bar C and the end of the guard tted into it and riveted on theopposite side, or, in lieu of riveting, a screw and nut may be used;second, the upper end o the-guard B may be laid on the top or bottomside of the cross-bar C and secured in its position by passing a screwor rivet through both; third, another mode of making this connectionbetween the guard B and the cross-bar C, and which I now think is thebest way of doing it, is to bend the end of the guard around thecross-bar C, as shown in the drawing, and

by which the connection is made without a hole through either; fourth,in case it is desirable to stamp the guard out of a solid plate ofmetal, or to cast the saine malleable and afterward bend into thedesired form or shape, this cross-bar C may be cast or stamped solidwith the guard.

Having thus fully described the nature of my invention, what I claim asnew, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

The cross-bar C, in combination with the guard B and the stirrup A, inthe manner and for the purpose substantially as shown and described.

CYRUS W. SALADEE.

Witnesses:

G. W. NOBLE, E. A. SALADEE.

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